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[DuncanS]

Great photos…but that means they will be leaving New Jersey soon…one of my favorite things about Summer

I never realised you got Hummingbirds that far north!

 

[soesbeout]

I am guessing you must have some year-round hummingbirds in Florida, due to the climate, no?

Actually where I live which is an hour south of Gainseville the temp will be 30-50 degrees at times in the winter so they head south here too.

 

[Tres Discrete]

I never realised you got Hummingbirds that far north!

Yup…we have a little place in Maine…they make it all the way up there, too
Only Ruby Throated Hummingbirds btw…

 

[Tres Discrete]

Looks like they make it all the way into Canada in the Summer…and some actually do over-winter on th southern tip of Florida…that’s a LOT of flying for tiny wings
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Ruby-throated_Hummingbird/maps-range

 

[Gimme 4]

You can track their journey south here.

The pull-down at the right for "Hummingbird Sighting" shows the most.

https://maps.journeynorth.org/map/?year=2022&map=hummingbird-nectaring-fall

 

[barfle]

I never realised you got Hummingbirds that far north!

We get hummingbirds in Boise, ID, although they aren’t the ruby throated variety. We had them when we lived in SoCal last century, so I can tell them apart, but I can’t say for sure which species we have here.

 

[Petr Kropotkin]

My Canadian lady and I have spent many summer hols on Salt Spring Island (off the BC coast in Canada), about 400kms further north than Maine, and hummingbirds were regulars too.

 

[Tres Discrete]

My Canadian lady and I have spent many summer hols on Salt Spring Island (off the BC coast in Canada), about 400kms further north than Maine, and hummingbirds were regulars too.
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How many tiny wing-beats to get from Central America to there?!

 

[hafquark]

Peanut at 1 year sez: "Human contortionists? Ha! I fart in your general direction!"

 

[GOS]

The elusive Dee!

 

[ar surround]

The elusive Dee!

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Does the lovely Miss Dee need to go on a diet, or is that almost all fur?

 

[GOS]

Does the lovely Miss Dee need to go on a diet, or is that almost all fur?

Yes, she does have a lot of fur, and yes, she needs to go on a diet. We have reduced her intake a bit, trying to get it in check.

 

[GaryG]

Happy International Dog Day to all you dog owners.
Show us your pooch.
Here is our boy Bodhi, 11 months now.

 

[Rhinojack]

Hayley.

 

[Rhinojack]

Bonnie.

 

[Petr Kropotkin]

Is the sea otter waving at us? Another BC photo taken on a whale-watching trip off Tofino by my Canadian lady.

 

[GOS]

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Those eyes!!!

 

[Tres Discrete]

Behold my Granddog Luca

 

[ar surround]

Behold my Granddog Luca

Such wonderful ears!

 

[user 1679]

Our lot cat Oni disappeared for 16 days and then reappeared early last week looking rather thinner. I suspect he got locked in somewhere, perhaps a garden shed or somewhere people don't go every day. We were all worried, expecting the worst, but when he came back everyone at work erupted in joy and smothered him with love as he went from person to person as if to say "I'm back." He ate, ate some more, snacked, snacked some more and within 2 days was back to his fat self. He's been really schmoozy and wanting loads of attention, even friendly with the dog.

One of our mechanics brings her pets in sometimes...Sushi and Wasabi: